I Love Kanji惚ける (bokeru)
惚ける (ぼける, bokeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to grow senile; to be childish with age”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ぼける
- Romaji
- bokeru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to grow senile; to be childish with age · ichidan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
- to be mentally slow; to be befuddled · ichidan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
- to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine) · ichidan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
Example sentences
最近、物忘れが激しくて。少しボケてきたのかな？
Could I be going soft in the head? I forget things so easily these days.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 惚ける
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 惚ける | ぼける bokeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 惚けます | ぼけます bokemasu |
| Negative | 惚けない | ぼけない bokenai |
| Polite negative | 惚けません | ぼけません bokemasen |
| Past | 惚けた | ぼけた boketa |
| Polite past | 惚けました | ぼけました bokemashita |
| Negative past | 惚けなかった | ぼけなかった bokenakatta |
| Te-form | 惚けて | ぼけて bokete |
| Potential | 惚けられる | ぼけられる bokerareru |
| Passive | 惚けられる | ぼけられる bokerareru |
| Causative | 惚けさせる | ぼけさせる bokesaseru |
| Volitional | 惚けよう | ぼけよう bokeyou |
| Imperative | 惚けろ | ぼけろ bokero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 惚ければ | ぼければ bokereba |
Kanji in 惚ける
Source: JMdict entry 1288490 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.